Cool drink dispenser



Dec. 7, 1937. w. w. PHILLEY COCL DRINK DISPENSER Filed May 7, 1935 WaldInventor A ltor ne y Patented Dec. 7, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in a cool drinkdispenser and itmore especially comprises the features pointed out in the annexedclaims.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a cool drink dispenser that issimple in operation; that can be economically produced; and which in themain makes use of containers such as are found on the open market.Heretofore it has been difficult to easily dispense a frozen beverage bytaking advantage of its melting point and deliver the liquefied contentson demand.

With these and other ends in view I illustrate in the accompanyingdrawing instances of adaptation without limiting myself to the specificdetails shown thereon and described herein.

Fig. In an elevation of a container or bottle in which the fruit juicesetc. are placed to be frozen.

Fig. 2 is an elevation partly in section showing the container invertedready to have the melted or liquefied contents withdrawn.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on an enlarged scale showing the valveconnections for withdrawing liquid from the container.

Fig. 5 is a detached front elevation of the valve aligning features. I

Fig. 6 is a screw cap closure for the container.

In the use of my device I may employ what- 'ever modifications oradaptations that are necessary to meet the exigencies of varyingconditions without departing from the broad spirit of the invention.

' An ordinary bottle container I is employed in which to place liquidfruit or other juices that are to be cooled. The bottle I is filled onlypartially so as to leave an air space 5 at the top. A tube 2 with itsbottom end closed is inserted in the bottle as shown in Fig. 1. Thebottle is then placed in any desired refrigerator or cooler, not shown,so as to freeze the contents into a solid block of ice indicated at 3.In Fig. 1 a cracked ice refrigerant is shown simply as anexemplification of any desired freezing agent capable of solidifying thecontents of the bottle. These expedients are well known, and inconsequence, as noted above, are not shown.

When the frozen contents of the bottle are to be removed in a liquidstate the tube 2 is first removed by pouring warm water into it toloosen the tube. This will leave an opening 4 extending throughout theentire thickness of the body of ice 3. Then the outlet mechanism IIIwith its cork 8 is inserted in the neck I of the bottle 55 and thebottle is inverted so as to rest upon a round opening I4 of the sheetmetal support I2. This support has a base I9, a horizontal partition I3which is provided with a centering opening 20 for the extension I5. Avertical partition I6 having a slot I'I serves to align the dispensing 5part of the outfit by reason of the fact that the outlet extension I8from III through the valve I I will rest in the slot I1 and thus insurethat the valve I I and the outlet extension I8 will be in the rightrelation on the support. The parts I0, I5 10 and I8 constitutedispensing fitting and the upper portion of the vertical partition I6 ineffect is a flange for the horizontal partition I3.

The outlet III has a tube 6 secured therein which tube is of such alength as to project from 15 beneath the extension I5 up through thepart ID, the hole 4 in the ice block 3, up into the air space 5. Thisinsures that the liquid forming beneath the ice block' 3 in the lowerair-space 5, will freely fiow through the outlet I8 when the 20 valve IIis opened. This means that the liquid contents will remain cool untilthe last portion of the ice block has melted, thus insuring that thecontents will be maintained at a saleable temperature independently ofexternal tempera- 25 tures.

Instead of the cork 8 any desired form of screw cap 9 may be used inconnection with the outlet III. As soon as the container I is invertedon the support I2 with the outlet III in position the 30 externaltemperature will free the ice in the container so that by gravity itwill move toward the outlet I, thus, transferring the air space at thetop of the bottle in Fig. 1 to the bottom of the bottle in Fig. 2. Theadmission of external air 35 into this space insures the delivery of theliquefied contents.

As shown in Fig. 1 the space 5 above the frozen liquid 3 affords ampleroom for the expansion of the block of ice so as to not break thecontainer 40 through the freezing of the liquid contents.

What I claim is:

1. The method of preparing a beverage for dispensing, which comprisesthe steps of partially filling a container of the bottle type having a45 closed bottom with the beverage material in liquid form, surroundingsaid receptacle with a refrigerating medium and forming said beverageinto a solid block traversed centrally by a bore opening through theupper and lower faces of 50 said block, separating said container fromsaid medium, inverting the container and connecting the space betweensaid bottom and said block to the atmosphere by a liquid tight passageextending through said bore and any liquid therein and the space in theinverted receptacle below said block to means for controlling thedischarge of beverage from the receptacle.

2. In a device of the character described a container having arestricted neck opening and containing a liquid partially filling thecontainer that has been frozen with an opening therethrough extendingfrom top to bottom, the partially filled bottle having an air space atabove the solid'contents before andabove the solid contents after thecontainer has been inverted, in combination with a dispensing supporthaving a relatively large round opening at its top to receive andsupport the inverted portion of the container outside of its restrictedneck, a valve controlled outlet device positioned in the opening of thecontainer and adapted to be handled with the container as a unit, an airtube supported bythe outlet device and extending upwardly through thehole formed in the previously frozen ice block, and means in the supportcooperating with the neck of the container through the outlet device tohold the container centrally on the support.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination ofan'inverted bottle, a supporting base having a top engaging theshoulders of the bottle, a partition in the base provided with anopening in alignment with the center of the bottle, said base havinga'wall provided with a slot, a dispensing fitting having a nozzlethereon provided'with a valve and secured to said bottle and adapted tobe handled'therewith as a unit, one

portion of the fitting projecting into the opening of the bottle andanother portion extending into the opening in the partition and saidnozzle being removably positioned in the slot, and means for placing theupper portion of the inverted bottle into communication with theatmosphere.

4. In a device for holding a beverage bottle in inverted position anddispensing beverage therefrom, the combination with a support of anoutlet mechanism; .said support comprising a base; means projecting fromsaid base and formed to provide a flanged partition substantiallyparallel with the base, said means being provided with a slot in theflange and an opening in the partition; a wall projecting from the baseand surrounding said partition and-terminating in an edge formed toreceive the shoulders of the bottle; said outlet 'meohanism comprising acoupling member having a pair of bosses projecting in oppositedirections therefrom, one of said bosses being positionedzinsaidropening' and the'other providing a support for the closure of thebottle; a faucet projecting from one side of the coupling member, and atubular element extending through the last mentioned boss and arrangedto introduce air from'the atmosphere into the interior of the bottle;said element cooperating with the walls of the last mentioned boss to'form a chamber adapted to conduct the contents of the bottle to thefaucet. V 7

WILLIAM WALLACE PHILLEY.

